On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 4:27 PM, connectask <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Nice, > It will be a blow to uplift the thoughts of fossians over the country. > Our team here in chitwan successfully held the one day orientation > program at Unique Academy-Tandi, Chitwan where around 100 students > were actively participated. The program update will be available soon > to you all fossians. Thanxs to the IOE FOSS magazine which was a > attraction with Freedom Toaster. > 50 Students were feeded by Freedom Toaster too. > The program added a excitement and power to fossians here and we are > discussing to spread it to over 78 schools of chitwan in mid november Pretty ambitious but should be very good change. We need to see that more often :) > > > We will lobby all the schools to have a foss curriculum. > My idea is that many of schools who give computer skills upto 7 and > eight can be targeted to test the foss curriculum. If any one > curriculum specialist prepare the curriculum from 4 class to 8 then we > can have them to the schools and lobby school administration to use > the course as they treat the computer subject in vocational subject. @ Connectask, Infact, it is we who have to take initiative in preparing the new course outline. Lets brainstorm, generate ideas and lets develop an outline. At the same time, we will try to get the things done in the syllabus by CDC. I have created a wiki page for the discussion. http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Curriculum_Outline_Discussion Please contribute. Regards, Jitendra. > > isn't it good. > > On Oct 23, 9:19 am, "Sharad Bhusal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thax for Update, > > We FOSSians have to make regualr visit to the CDC with a kind request of > > including FOSS in the every computer curriculum not only in class 9 and > 10. > > > > Sharad > > > > On 10/22/08, prabin gautam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanx for the update. > > > Keep going Jitendra and other FOSSains though representing other > > > organizations. > > > > > On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 7:41 AM, Subir Pradhanang <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >wrote: > > > > >> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 9:55 PM, Jitendra kumar > > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >> > Here are some of the outcomes of today's meeting. > > > > >> > The primary objective of today's meeting was the formation of > 'Pressure > > >> > group' for curriculum change. > > >> > The meeting was attended by representatives from MPP, Pravin Dai > from > > >> > Brihaspati Vidya Sadan, representatives from HLCIT, ENRD and myself > on > > >> > behalf of FOSS Nepal. > > > > >> > It was realized that we need the participation of more schools and > need > > >> to > > >> > identify those who will have major role in influencing this change. > > >> Pravin > > >> > Dai has agreed to take this lead for lobbying with schools. And we > need > > >> to > > >> > consult more people who are directly involved in setting up syllabus > of > > >> > computer besides the officials of CDC. > > > > >> > You may be aware that HLCIT has included the promotation of FOSS in > > >> their > > >> > calendar this year. And they plan to give this a continuity. In a > sense, > > >> > they are reviewing their IT policy to prioritize FOSS. In the first > > >> phase of > > >> > pressure generation, it was decided to ask HLCIT, Ministry of Sci. & > > >> Tech. , > > >> > Ministry of Edu. and PABSON for writing a letter to CDC to > restructure > > >> the > > >> > syllabus so that it reflects the national IT policy - FOSS. > > > > >> > HLCIT has already given consent on sending a letter to CDC. PABSON > will > > >> be > > >> > contacted by Pravin dai. We will soon try to get in touch with > ministers > > >> for > > >> > the same in the first phase. > > > > >> > And besides that, it was realized that we start outlining the > changes in > > >> the > > >> > syllabus parallely. > > > > >> > Guys, FOSS Nepal has very very important role to play in this > aspect. > > >> Lets > > >> > gear up, lets form a team for deciding the changes and outlining the > > >> content > > >> > for the syllabus. > > > > >> Jitendra, thanks for the quick update. It would be great if you could > > >> also update it on the wiki: > > > > >> > http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Computer_Curriculum_in_Schools > > > > >> Keep the momentum going! > > > > >> Thanks, > > >> Subir > > > > > -- > > > OLPG > > > > -- > > Sharad Bhusal > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
